SCIENTIFIC MILESTONES
Antoine Lavoisier made the Law of Conservation of this one of the foundations of modern chemistry
What is MASS?
A measuring unit of very small things
What is MOLE?
The phenomenon that explains why ICE FLOAT ON WATER is
What is DENSITY?
Ice is less dense than liquid water. The heavier water displaces the lighter ice, so ice floats on top.
Sandburg: It is here the nostrils rush the air to the lungs. it is here ____ clamors to be let in
What is OXYGEN?
The 2015 Nobel prize went to a trio of scientists for figuring out how cells repair this genetic material
What is DNA?
She was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize and won the award twice, once for physics in 1903 and again for chemistry in 1911.
Who is MARIE CURIE?
The only letter in the English alphabet not used on the periodic table is
What is J?
The letter Q only appeared in the symbol for the placeholder name for element 114, ununquadium, which had the symbol Uuq. When element 114 was officially discovered, it was given the new name Flerovium
The compounds that are responsible for giving vegetables their color.
What are CAROTENOIDS?
These compounds have an area called chromophore, which absorbs and gives off particular wavelengths of light, generating the color that we then perceive. This is where the importance of chemistry can be revealed.
Whitman: You convicts in prison cells---you sentenced assassins chain'd and handcuff'd with ____
What is IRON?
Kelsey Grammer voicing this TV villain: Attempted murder?...Do they give a Nobel Prize for attempted chemistry?
Who is SIDESHOW BOB?
A Russian chemist who came up with the first periodic table of the elements which he published in 1865. He was able to predict the discovery of many more elements using the table.
Who is DMITRI MENDELEYEV?
A pure element takes many forms. For example, diamond and graphite both are forms of pure _______
What is CARBON?
Which element found in the cells of onions is the reason why WE CRY WHILE CUTTING ONIONS.
What is SULFUR?
Onions make you cry due to the presence of sulfur in the cells which break after the onions are cut. This sulfur gets mixed with moisture and thus irritates your eyes.
Thomas Nashe: Rich men trust not in wealth; ____ cannot buy you health
What is GOLD?
The 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was shared by three scientists for making machines on the scale of these groupings of atoms
What are MOLECULES?
Chemistry law saying pressure of a gas at constant temperature varies inversely with volume
What is BOYLE'S LAW?
Mars is red because of _______
What is iron oxide?
When we fall in love, our brain suffers some changes and also certain chemical compounds are released
What are HORMONES?
The role of chemistry is at the bottom of every step in a relationship. When we fall in love, our brain suffers some changes and also certain chemical compounds are released. Love is driven by these hormones: oxytocin, vasopressin, endorphins.
Countee Cullen: Some are teethed on a ____ spoon with the stars strung for a rattle
What is SILVER?
A TV show about the terrible career path of a nice chemistry teacher to nasty crystal meth master
What is BREAKING BAD?
An English chemist and physicist who contributed to the discovery of the DNA double helix. Her X-ray diffraction image of DNA played an important role in its discovery.
Who is ROSALIND FRANKLIN?
The atomic number of this element is 92 but numbers we tend to associate with it are 235 & 238
What is URANIUM?
This is made when oil particles become suspended in the water and are liberated from the cloth to explain how soap cleans.
What is AN EMULSION?
Soap is formed by molecules with a ‘head’ which likes water (hydrophilic) and a long chain that hates it (hydrophobic). Then when soap is added to the water, the long hydrophobic chains of its molecules join the oil particles, while the hydrophilic heads go into the water. An emulsion of oil in water is then formed, this means that the oil particles become suspended in the water and are liberated from the cloth. With the rinsing, the emulsion is taken away.
Milton:With ever-burning ____ unconsum'd such place eternal justice has prepar'd
What is SULFUR?
The first Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded in 1901 to ____"for his discovery of the laws of chemical dynamics and osmotic pressure in solutions."
Who is Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, of the Netherlands?